Garden hoe



' March 27, 1928. 1,663,716

W. P. McMiLLAN GARDEN HOE Filed Aug. 27, 1925 WBJEYZZAZIZML I 25 the side pieces 14 are connected to the arms crossbar.

I Patented Mar. 27, 1928. Q I V I I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed August 27, 1925. Serial No. 52,918.

This invention relates to agricultural immany purposes and being constructed of plements and more particularly to hoes decomparatively narrow strap metal is espesigned for gardening andother purposes. cially designed for hoeing delicate plants v The object of the invention is to provide without danger of breaking them and it may 6 an implement of this character which is so be used to cut weeds either by pushing it 35 constructed that it may be used for a variety backward or moving it forward. If the of purposes, but primarily as a garden hoe. blade or cross bar 11 be sufliciently sharp- In the accompanying drawings ened and made of proper steel the device Figure 1 represents a plan view of a hoe may be used for skinning bark off trees and 10 constructed in accordance with this inventhe like, 7 40 tion; I claim I I Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof; and A hoe comprising a handle, the inner end Figure 3 is a longitudinal section. of which is oblique, and a soil-engaging The hoe hereinafterclaimed comprises a member including a fiat cross bar having a. 1

16 handle 1 the inner end 21 of which is working edge which is straight from end to 4 j' oblique, and a soil-engaging member 22 ,inend, the soil-engaging member including side eluding a flat cross bar llhaving a working pieces joined to the ends of the cross bar edge 12 which is straight from end to end, and provided with arms attached to oppothe soil-engaging member 22 including side site sides of the handle, the side pieces being 20 pieces 14: joined to the ends of the cross bar bent obliquely at said oblique end of the han 11 and provided with arms 15 attached to dle, where the side pieces are connected to opposite sides of the handle 1, the side pieces the arms, and being thence bowed laterally 14; being bent obliquely as shown at 23, at and outwardly, so that the axis of the handle said oblique end 21' of the handle 1, where intersects the aforesaid working edge of the 15, and being thence bowed laterally, as at In testimony that I claim the foregoing 24, and outwardly as at 25, so that the axis as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signaof the handle 1 intersects the aforesaid workture. ing edge 12 of the cross bar 11. a so This implement may be used for a great I WILLIAM PERRY McMILLAN. 

